Lyric

Tick-tock, shoes untied

Tea in hand, half-past lied

I made a dash, I took a spin

Door swung shut, I slipped right in

Hat too high, skirt too neat

Caught one glance, lost my seat

I’m not sorry, not today

That little clock can kiss my day

One, two, three, stop

Hold that pose, don't you drop

Oh, the minute tried to win

But I slid right out and in

Late again, laugh again

Late again, laugh again

Ha-ha, I’m my own parade

Late again, in a shiny mistake

Late again, laugh again

Late again, laugh again

Doo-ba-doo, let the trouble swing

I come in smiling

Cafe door on a crooked hinge

I arrived like a comic spring

Trousers wrinkled, pulse ahead

Someone asked, “Where have you been?”

I said, “Chasing a runaway moon”

“Borrowed time and a tiny tune”

The room went soft, then tapped its shoe

Even the clock felt off-key too

One, two, three, stop

Hold that pose, don't you drop

Oh, the minute tried to win

But I slid right out and in

Late again, laugh again

Late again, laugh again

Ha-ha, I’m my own parade

Late again, in a shiny mistake

Late again, laugh again

Late again, laugh again

Doo-ba-doo, let the trouble swing

I come in smiling

Wait for me

I was busy being free

Spin that key

If the world won’t bend, I will

Now the band leans into the grin

I throw my scarf and whirl right in

Pocket full of near and now

I make a mess, I make a vow

If I’m early, what a bore

If I’m late, they ask for more

So I knock, then bow, then say

Darling, that’s my favorite way

Late again, laugh again

Late again, laugh again

Ha-ha, I’m my own parade

Late again, in a shiny mistake

Late again, laugh again

Late again, laugh again

Doo-ba-doo, let the trouble swing

I come in smiling

Tick-tock, shoes untied

Laugh it off, then take it in stride

Late again

Laugh again